Nursing - News May 29, 2013

Stevens Construction wins contract for South Lake Hospital skilled nursing unit (Business Journal)
Stevens Construction Inc. has won the contract to build a 30-bed skilled nursing unit at South Lake Hospital in Clermont, the company announced May 29.

Basildon Hospital midwives win Unicef award for supporting new mums with breastfeeding (South End Standard)
Fanny Monique with newborn Joel Assamoi, Lisette Harris, infant feeding midwife specialist, Jim Patterson from UNICEF, and Geraldine Purver, infant feeding midwife specialist The hospital is the first in the East of England to win the award from the United Nations Children's Fund.

NKorea sanctions squeeze cash for aid groups (Sunherald)
In this Monday, May 20, 2013 photo, North Korean nurses say goodbye to representatives from foreign humanitarian agencies after a U.N. and North Korean government program to give vitamin supplements and deworming pills to children at a nursery school in Pyongyang, North Korea on Child Health Day.

Durham men check in to nursing careers (DurhamRegion)
In 2003 the number was 4.7 per cent. -For registered nurses , of 92,879 working in Ontario, 5.4 per cent were male, up from 3.8 per cent in 2003.

Home blood pressure test 'success' (Newsday)
High blood pressure leads to an estimated 62,000 premature deaths a year in the UK from stroke and heart disease A portable machine which lets people measure their own blood pressure and send results directly to doctors is said to have improved patient health.

Slim patients exercise check urged (Oxford Times)
GPs should "not rely on visual clues" when assessing whether patients are active enough, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said.

Healthy quintuplets born in Salt Lake hospital (Northern Michigan News)
A Utah woman gave birth to a healthy set of quintuplets over the weekend with help from a team of eight doctors, one anesthesiologist and dozens of nurses ensuring the mother and the tiny babies survived.

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